An efficient method to solve time harmonic Maxwell’s equations in exterior domain for high frequencies is obtained by using the integral formulation of Després combined with a coupling method (MLFMD) based on the Microlocal Discretization method (MD) and the Multi-Level Fast Multipole Method (MLFMM) [1]. In this paper, we consider curved finite elements of higher order in the MLFMD method. More...

In this paper we prove the L2 convergence rates for a fully discrete finite element procedure for approximating minimal, possibly unstable, surfaces. Originally this problem was studied by G. Dziuk and J. Hutchinson. First they provided convergence rates in the H1 and L2 norms for the boundary integral method. Subsequently they obtained the H1 convergence estimates using a fully discrete finite...

This paper analyzes the limits of applicability of the time domain surface impedance concept. Numerical results obtained by the boundary element formulation employing time domain surface impedance boundary conditions (SIBCs) of different orders of approximation are compared with experimental data and numerical results obtained using the finite element method. An analytical formula for evaluatio...

This paper is devoted to the fast solution of interface concentrated finite element equations. The interface concentrated finite element schemes are constructed on the basis of a non-overlapping domain decomposition where a conforming boundary concentrated finite element approximation is used in every subdomain. Similar to data-sparse boundary element domain decomposition methods the total numb...

This paper presents three new coupling methods for interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods and boundary element methods. The new methods allow one to use discontinuous basis functions on the interface between the subdomains represented by the finite element and boundary element methods. This feature is particularly important when discontinuous Galerkin finite element meth...

We reformulate the discretization of the Johnson–Nedelec method [11] of coupling boundary elements and finite elements for an exterior bidimensional Laplacian. This new formulation leads to optimal error estimates and allows the use of simple quadrature formulas for calculation of the boundary element matrix. We show that if the parameter of discretization is sufficiently small, the fully discr...

We present a numerical method, based on a coupling of finite elements and boundary elements, to solve a fluid–solid interaction problem posed in the plane. The boundary unknowns involved in our formulation are approximated by a spectral method. We provide error estimates for the Galerkin method and present numerical results that illustrate the accuracy of our scheme.

In this paper, the boundary-based estimation of pressure distribution in the cardiovascular system is investigated using two dimensional flow images. The conventional methods of non-invasive estimation of pressure distribution in the cardiovascular flow domain use the differential form of governing equations. This study evaluates the advantages of using the integral form of the equations in the...

In the variational formulation of finite element models for mechanics problems, boundary conditions are classified as either essential or natural. The traction boundary conditions are identified as natural in many commonly-used finite element models. A valid finite element mode must satisfy explicitly the essential boundary conditions, since the latter are satisfied implicitly as a posteriori c...